Creation

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Explore 3,406 Jewish texts related to the theme of Creation, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Temple and Creation of Yehudah

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The ancient text, Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, opens up a fascinating perspective. In it, the verse referring to God as "your Owner" (kanecha) sparks a ...

Jacob Wrestles the Angel and Abraham

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But Jacob? He wrestled with angels, dreamed of ladders, and somehow became the linchpin of the entire Israelite story. What’s the deal? Well, Sifrei Devarim 312 – a passage from Si...

Abraham at the Dawn of Creation

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But let’s dive into a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim 313 and see what it reveals. The text uses some powerful imagery to describe God's relationship with Abraham. First, i...

Cosmic Origins

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We're going to explore one tiny, but potent, verse today that unpacks just that idea. It all comes from Sifrei Devarim 317. It's a passage that's all about how God elevated humanit...

Jeremiah: Temple and the Origins of the World

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It’s a deeply human feeling, and one that our ancestors grappled with too. The ancient texts, like Sifrei Devarim 318, explore this very idea, but from a divine perspective, lookin...

Acts of Creation and Saul

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We see suffering, we experience loss, and we can’t help but wonder: where is G-d in all this? Does He even care? The ancient sages grappled with this too, and surprisingly, they fo...

Abraham and Creation of Isaiah

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The book of Devarim, Deuteronomy, in the Sifrei Devarim, hints at a pretty profound and maybe unsettling answer: yes, it kind of does. The text speaks of exacting a price "for the ...

Pharaoh's Transgression

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Sifrei Devarim 333, in a rather striking interpretation, suggests that all the punishments in Egypt are "pinned on Pharaoh's head" because he was the first to subjugate Israel. It ...

Isaiah: Hidden Secrets of Creation

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It's not just us, here and now. It's so much bigger. It's cosmic. The Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the Book of Deuteronomy, opens up a fascinating vista on this idea. It sugg...